William Edwin Haesche
William Edwin Haesche (born April 11, 1867 in New Haven , Connecticut, † January 26, 1929 in Roanoke , Virginia) was an American composer .
Haesche studied with Bernhard Friedrich Wilhelm Listemann , Ernst Perabo and Horatio Parker . He worked as a violinist with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, which he co-founded. From 1903 he taught instrumentation at Yale University , after which he was a teacher of music theory at Hollins College in Virginia .
Haesche composed a symphony , three symphonic poems , a cantata , overtures , chamber music , choirs and songs .
Works
- Forest idyll , symphonic poem
- Fridtjof and Ingeborg , symphonic poetry
- The south , symphonic poetry
- The enchanted oak of Nannau , dramatic cantata
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| SURNAME | Haesche, William Edwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Haven, Connecticut , USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 1929 |
| Place of death | Roanoke, Virginia , USA |